LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former mixed martial artist who changed his name to War Machine is asking a Nevada judge to postpone his trial in an alleged attack on his porn actress ex-girlfriend and her friend in Las Vegas.
A lawyer for Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver is due in court Monday, a week before jury selection is scheduled to begin in Clark County District Court.
The 33-year-old Koppenhaver has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges including attempted murder, battery, sexual assault and coercion.
Judge Elissa Cadish has rejected Sua's request to challenge Nevada's rape shield law and let the jury hear evidence of prior consensual sexual relations between him and alleged victim Christy Mack.
Mack has agreed to let her name be made public as part of the criminal case.